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[[WTF-8]] (Wobbly Transformation Format − 8-bit) is an extension of [[UTF-8]] that can also encode stray "surrogate" code units, as may occur in ill-formed [[UTF-16]]. | [[WTF-8]] (Wobbly Transformation Format − 8-bit) is an extension of [[UTF-8]] that can also encode stray "surrogate" code units, as may occur in ill-formed [[UTF-16]]. |
Revision as of 22:27, 4 March 2016
WTF-8 (Wobbly Transformation Format − 8-bit) is an extension of UTF-8 that can also encode stray "surrogate" code units, as may occur in ill-formed UTF-16.It is not intended to be a standard format for data interchange. But despite its name, it is not a joke format. It can be useful for some internal processes.